File 25 - Photographic Album of the Ard Mhuire Community

Capuchin Friars and Unexploded Ordnance, Ards Shoreline Harvesting, Ard Mhuire Friary Threshing Corn, Ard Mhuire Friary Snow-covered Countryside around Ard Mhuire Friary Excursion to Fanad, County Donegal Excursion to Fanad, County Donegal Excursion to Fanad, County Donegal Excursion to Arranmore Island
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IE CA DL/5/25

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Photographic Album of the Ard Mhuire Community

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  • c.1953-1955 (Creation)

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48 pp; 21.8 cm x 18 cm; Bound volume; black and white print

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Bound volume containing photographic prints of student friars at the Ard Mhuire House of Studies. Some of the prints are captioned. The album includes images of student friars at work (potato harvesting, bailing hay and routine household work) and at recreation (theatrical plays, weekend retreats, sleighing on snow-covered hills, and visits to the beach). Locations visited by the friars include Burtonport, Errigal Mountain, Aranmore, Doe Castle, Fanad and Kindrum. The album contains several views of Ard Mhuire Friary (formerly Ards House) and surrounding gardens. A small number of prints show friars examining what appears to be un-exploded ordnance on the shoreline. Other prints show ordinations at Ard Mhuire in 1955. Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap. and Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. are present in some of the prints.

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The volume is in fair condition. Several of the pages and prints are detached from the volume. The loose prints have been reattached using plastic clips. Careful manual handling is required.

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